Marvel Comic Books On Sale in February 2012 [Solicitations]

Courtesy of Marvel, ComicsAlliance brings you an advance look at new comic books going on sale in January, 2012. All of the following books can be purchased at finer comic book shops, where you can also pre-order your selections to ensure you'll get a copy before they sell out. Among Marvel's offerings for February include the debut issues of Winter Soldier, the highly anticipated Captain America spinoff by Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice with covers by Lee Bermejo.WINTER SOLDIER #1
ED BRUBAKER (W)
BUTCH GUICE (A)
COVER BY LEE BERMEJO
VARIANT COVER BY GABRIELE DELL'OTTO
SKETCH VARIANT BY LEE BERMEJO
CLASSIC ARTIST VARIANT BY JOE KUBERT
- Winter Soldier and Black Widow are the super-spies of the Marvel U!
- Ex-Russian Sleeper Agents awaken, but under who's control?
- Is that Dr. Doom? Uh oh.
32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99 *Poster also available ñ ORDER CODE: NOV110668

DEFENDERS #3
MATT FRACTION (W) - TERRY DODSON (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY ADAM KUBERT
I AM A DEFENDER VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
- Deep inside Wundagore Mountain, the Concordance Engine comes to life, and the Defenders'
mission snaps into crystal-clear focus.
- What does this miraculous machine do? What happens if it DOESN'T do its job? And how many
more are there around the world?
- The team gains a secret member and discovers a conspiracy ten-thousand years in the making.
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99

SECRET AVENGERS #23
RICK REMENDER (W) - GABRIEL HARDMAN (A)
COVER BY ARTHUR ADAMS
- Who are The Descendants?
- In this issue an Avenger will die to find out!
- JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH TO FIND THE ONE THEY CALL "FATHER"!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99 *NOT FINAL COVER

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER -
THE WAY STATION #3 (OF 5)
PETER DAVID (W) - LAURENCE CAMPBELL (A/C)
- The Gunslinger continues his adventure across the deadly Mohaine desert!
- Jake and the Gunslinger must learn to trust each other.
- What creeping horror lies in the cellar?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory$3.99

NORTHANGER ABBEY #4 (OF 5)
NANCY BUTLER (W)
JANET LEE (A)
COVER BY JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
- Catherine is thrilled when she is invited to visit
the Tilney's ancestral home, but what secrets
does Northanger Abbey hold?
- Will General Tilney prove to be the villain
Catherine imagines . . . or has she read one
horror story too many?
32 PGS./All Ages $3.99

DOROTHY & THE WIZARD IN OZ #5 (OF 8)
ERIC SHANOWER (W) - SKOTTIE YOUNG (A/C)
- The Wooden Gargoyles attack to kill!
- How can Dorothy, the Wizard, and their friends escape when even the Wizard's bullets prove useless?
- Subterranean thrills and chills continue with hungry dragons that only Eureka the kitten can see.
- And you'll believe a horse can fly!
32 PGS./Rated All Ages $3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) - CHRIS SAMNEE (A)
COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS
- The world finds out about the new Spider-Man!
- The Scorpion comes to New York!
- Uncle Aaron finds out a secret about Miles
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99 *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #8
NICK SPENCER (W) - CARLO BARBERI (A)
COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS
- Welcome to the SEAR: Home of The People, and the last best
hope for Mutantkind.
- Karen Grant, Liz Allen, and Derek Morgan ñ Ultimate X ñ try
to navigate their way through a strange new world.
- Nick Fury's covert mutant strategy comes back to haunt him.
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99 *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED

ULTIMATE COMICS THE ULTIMATES #7
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) - ESAD RIBIC (A)
COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
- The Ultimates deal with the fallout of the new world!
- An old friend returns!
- Can Nick Fury pick up the pieces of his broken team?
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99 *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #4
ZEB WELLS (W) -GREG LAND (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
- Greg Land (Uncanny X-Men) and Hawkeye (Avengers) drop
in on the biggest new title of the year!
- Two stars of next summer's biggest films, together.
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99 *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED

CARNAGE U.S.A. #3 (OF 5)
ZEB WELLS (W) - CLAYTON CRAIN (A/C)
- Spider-Man's battle to save America's Heartland from CARNAGE takes a fatal turn!
- With the Avengers possessed by evil and a city undersiege, it may take symbiotes to beat a symbiote!
- A Final Page Reveal that will leave you breathless!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99

VENOM #13.1 - #13.4
ISSUE #13.1 - LEE GARBETT (A)
ISSUE #13.2 - SANA TAKEDA (A)
- Hell is spreading across the Earth from out of Las Vegas.
- Ghost Rider is responsible but what price is she willing to pay to save mankind?!
- X-23, Venom & Hulk must defeat their worst enemies, buying Ghost Rider time to stop hell's march across the globe!
- As a clone, X-23 has often wondered if she has a soul. This is where she gets her answer!
- Who is Ichor and why has he targeted Venom for Death?!
32 PGS. (each) /Rated T+ $2.99 (each)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #680
DAN SLOTT (W) - GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (A/C)
- Because you asked for it SPIDER-MAN IN SPAAAACE!
-Trapped 22,300 miles above the Earth, Spidey has to rescue John Jameson from the ongoing
machinations of Doctor Octopus!
-Plus: a guest star so specialand so secretwe can't even tell you until next issue!
32 PGS./Rated T $3.99

THE PUNISHER #8
GREG RUCKA (W)
MARCO CHECCHETTO (A/C) - The face to face you've all been waiting for as ex-Hydra and AIM agents work together to bring down the Punisher.
- Frank is up against a soldier who is more like him than either of them realize.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory $2.99

MOON KNIGHT #10
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
ALEX MALEEV (A/C) - Moon Knight succumbs to one of his new
personalities to fight for the survival of Los Angeles!
- Once the Kingpin of LA pushes him over the edge, can Moon Knight ever come back?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99

SIX GUNS #5 (OF 5)
ANDY DIGGLE (W)
DAVIDE GIANFELICE (A)
COVER BY BUTCH GUICE
- The explosive conclusion as our hard-bitten gunslingers learn the awful secret that so many before have died to protect!
- A desperate last stand against an army of
mercenaries.
- Five heroes, six guns against six hundred!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory $2.99

COVER BY PAOLO RIVERA
- THE TIME-STRANDED HEROES OF WORLD WAR II ARE BACK!
- ONE MEMBER OF THE TWELVE WILL FALL!
- WHO'S BEHIND THE MYTERIOUS KILLINGS? THE ANSWER IS ELECTRIFYING!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99

THE TWELVE #10 (OF 12)
J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (W) - CHRIS WESTON (A)

COVER BY PAOLO RIVERA
- THE KILLER UNCOVERED!
- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE TWELVE
32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #6
KIERON GILLEN (W) - GREG LAND (A/C)
- TABULA RASA Part 2, Cyclops and his team delver further into a world where evolution has run rampant.
- A new foe is revealed, who will show the X-Men just how out of date homo superior really are!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #7
KIERON GILLEN (W) - GREG LAND (A/C)
- TABULA RASA Part 3. The secrets of the evolutionary jungle are revealed, as the X-Men face the
Immortal Man, with the help of a brand new ally!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99

DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #21
ROB WILLIAMS (W) - ALESSANDRO VITTI (A)
COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
- Issue one of the story the series has been leading up to!
- Daken sets out to get his revenge on the man he hates most in the world: Wolverine. And if the whole Marvel Universe has to bleed for that to happen then that's just fine.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory $2.99

NEW MUTANTS #37
DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING (W)
DAVID LOPEZ (A)
COVER BY KRIS ANKA
- Special VALENTINES DAY issue!
- Magma made a deal with Mephisto to go on a single date with him if he helped save the teamand now he's come to collect!
- A DATE WITH THE DEVIL!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99

NEW MUTANTS #38
DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING (W) - LEANDRO FERNANDEZ (A)
COVER BY KRIS ANKA
- Start of a new 3-part arc
- The team returns to the scene of Cypher's death, only to confront an evil reanimated into a terrifying new form of horror!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99

DEADPOOL MAX II #5
DAVE LAPHAM (W) - KYLE BAKER (A/C)
- Deadpool delves deeper into the conspiracy that surrounds the secret government kill squad
codenamed: The Deadpool!
- HEY, that's the same name as this comic! COINCIDENCE?
- Find out how all the sexy pieces fit together in another indispensable issue of DEADPOOL MAX II!
32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99 NOT ACTUAL COVER
THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES. PLEASE CHECK YOUR ORDERS AND PLACE THEM BY THE FOC.

SERIES FINALE - PUNISHERMAX #22
JASON AARON (W)
STEVE DILLON (A)
COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON
- JASON AARON'S and STEVE DILLON'S seminal run on PUNISHERMAX comes to an end!
- DO NOT MISS the Punisher story you'd never thought you'd read!
32 PGS./Explicit Content $3.99 NOT FINAL COVER
THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES. PLEASE CHECK YOUR ORDERS AND PLACE THEM BY THE FOC.

BRILLIANT #5 (OF 5)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) - MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
SUPER POWERS HAVE BEEN INVENTED. But with great power comes complete disaster. Albert gets the group back together so they can find a way to save Maria before what happened to Amadeus happens to her. A brand new creator-owned sensation from the men who brought you ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN and the AVENGERS. Issue #1 sold out! Don't miss any shocking issue! PREORDER!!
40 PGS./Mature $3.95